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|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">standing round</b>, <b class="b3">τίς ἥδε κραυγὴ καὶ δόμων π</b>.; <b class="b2">crowds standing round</b> the house, <span class="bibl">Telecl.35</span> ; <b class="b3">π. ποιεῖσθαι</b>, of crowds, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>8.12</span>(pl.); <b class="b3">ὄχλοιο π</b>. Timo <span class="bibl">34.1</span> : hence, in concretesense, <b class="b2">crowd standing round</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.32.3</span>, <span class="bibl">18.53.11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">surrounding</b>, <b class="b3">ἡ τοῦ ψυχροῦ π</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>869a21</span> : in concrete sense, <b class="b2">environment</b>, π. ἀέρος ψυχροῦ <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2p.50U.</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">p.48</span> U.; <b class="b2">surrounding space</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.6.31.1</span>, <span class="bibl">6.41.2</span> ; esp. <b class="b2">free space round</b> a building, <span class="title">OGI</span>483.123, al. (Pergam., ii A. D.), <span class="title">IG</span>14.352i8, 70 (Halaesa). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">portico surrounding</b> a hall or temple, ib.42(1).102.6 (Epid., iv B. C.), <span class="bibl">Callix.1</span> ; ἡ ἔξω π. τοῦ σηκοῦ <span class="title">IG</span>7.3073.90(Lebad.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b2">district surrounding</b> a village, <b class="b2">neighbourhood</b>, PTeb.14.19 (ii B. C.), al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">circumstances, situation, state of affairs</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.35.10</span>, <span class="bibl">4.67.4</span>, etc.; αἱ π. [τῶν πόλεων] <span class="bibl">Id.10.21.3</span> ; <b class="b3">τὸ παράδοξον τῆς π</b>. <span class="bibl">Posidon.36</span> J.; π. <b class="b2">nostra, the position of</b> my <b class="b2">affairs</b>, <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>4.8b</span>.<span class="bibl">2</span> ; <b class="b2">the actuality</b>, μέζων τῆς π. ἡ φαντασίη <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>2.9</span> ; <b class="b3">τὰ κατὰ περίστασιν καθήκοντα</b> duties dependent on <b class="b2">circumstances</b>, Stoic.3.135, al., cf. <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>16.11.4</span>, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.219 S. (pl.) : sg. of a particular <b class="b2">circumstance</b>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Tact.</span>35.1</span>, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>145.4</span>, etc.; κατά τινα π. γραμμάτων Gal.11.242. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> esp. <b class="b2">difficult position, crisis</b> (both senses distd. in <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>2.6.17</span>, <span class="bibl">M.Ant.9.13</span>); δὸς π. καὶ λάβε τὸν ἄνδρα <span class="title">Stoic.</span>3.49 ; <b class="b3">κατὰ τὰς π</b>. in <b class="b2">critical times</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.82.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.33.12</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">διὰ τὰς τῶν καιρῶν π</b>. <span class="title">SIG</span>731.2 (Tomi, i B. C.); εἰς πᾶν ἐλθεῖν περιστάσεως <span class="bibl">Plb.4.45.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.84.9</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">χαλεπὴ π</b>. LXX 2 <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ma.</span>4.16</span>, cf. Dsc.<span class="title">Alex.Praef.</span>; <b class="b3">μετὰ τὴν κατασχοῦσαν τὴν πόλιν π</b>. <span class="title">SIG</span>708.7 (Istropolis, ii B. C.), cf. <span class="title">IG</span>22.1338.27, <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">Fr.</span>285.63</span> ; ἐν π. ἰσχυρᾷ τῶν ἔξωθεν <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>1.55</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Rhet., <b class="b2">circumstances</b> of the case treated by a speaker, Quint. <span class="title">Inst.</span>3.5.18, 5.10.104, Corn.<span class="title">Rh.</span>p.362 H.; classified by <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Inv.</span> 3.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">outward pomp and circumstance</b>, <b class="b3">ἡ τοῦ βίου π</b>. <span class="bibl">Plb.3.98.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">31.26.3</span> ; <b class="b3">τρυφὴ καὶ π</b>. Antig.Car. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.12.547f</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπάρχων ἐν μεγάλῃ π</b>. <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Acad.Ind.</span>p.101</span> M. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> in Meteorology, of climatic <b class="b2">conditions</b>, <b class="b3">ἡ κατὰ τὸν ἀέρα π</b>. <span class="bibl">Plb.3.84.2</span> ; <b class="b3">λοιμικαὶ π</b>. pestilential <b class="b2">conditions</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.6.5.5</span>, cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>731.7 (Tomi, i B. C.); <b class="b3">καυματώδης π</b>. <span class="bibl">D.S.4.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> Astron., <b class="b2">position</b> of the heavenly bodies, <b class="b3">ἐκλειπτικὴ π</b>. Sch.<span class="bibl">Arat. 862</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">veering round</b>, of winds, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>364b14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span>942b27</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">cycle</b>, <b class="b3">ἡ τοῦ μεγάλου ἐνιαυτοῦ π</b>. Eudem. ap. Theon.<span class="bibl">Sm. p.198</span> H. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">direction</b> of motion, <b class="b3">αἱ ἓξ π</b>., i. e. up, down, forwards, backwards, right, left, <span class="bibl">Nicom.<span class="title">Ar.</span>2.6</span>, <span class="bibl">16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">materials</b> for use, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFlor.</span>369.2</span> (ii A. D.).</span>

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